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A441 traffic and collisions
The A441 is an A-road of 22.0 miles, from Worcestershire to Birmingham. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 127m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 15,767 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 35,487 Alvechurch Highway to A4023
- HGV share 2.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −0.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 236 39.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A441?
On an average day in 2025, 15,767 vehicles passed each point on the A441, counting both directions. The busiest section is Alvechurch Highway to A4023 (Worcestershire), with 35,487 a day; the quietest listed is A422 to B4090 Salt Way, with 3,569.
Busiest sections, 2025
Alvechurch Highway to A4023 carries 2.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Alvechurch Highway to A4023 Worcestershire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 35,487 |
| A448 to Bromsgrove Highway Worcestershire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 27,228 |
| A4029 to A4540 Birmingham · 1.3 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 21,864 |
| Count point 92243 Worcestershire · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 21,046 |
| Wharf Road roundabout to A4040 Birmingham · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 20,995 |
| A4040 to A4029 Birmingham · 2.1 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 16,005 |
| At A4040 Birmingham · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 14,893 |
| A4023 Worcestershire · 4.6 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 14,528 |
| Dagtail Lane, Redditch to A448 Worcestershire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 12,335 |
| Council boundary to Wharf Road roundabout Birmingham · 1.9 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 12,272 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Worcestershire to Birmingham · 22.0 miles
A441 traffic and collisions by section
13 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 3 short link roads and spurs (1.3 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A422 to B4090 Salt WayWorcestershire | 3,569 | 3 |
| 2 | B4090 Salt Way to Dagtail Lane, RedditchWorcestershire | 5,498 | 10 |
| 3 | Dagtail Lane, Redditch to A448Worcestershire | 12,335 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | A448 to Bromsgrove HighwayWorcestershire | 27,228 | 14 |
| 5 | Bromsgrove and Alcester Highway to Alvechurch and Bromsgrove HighwayWorcestershire | 31,357 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | Alvechurch Highway to A4023Worcestershire | 35,487 | 8 |
| 7 | A4023Worcestershire | 14,528 | 18 |
| 8 | Count point 92243Worcestershire | 21,046 | 22 |
| 9 | Council boundary to Wharf Road roundaboutBirmingham | 12,272 | 24 |
| 10 | Wharf Road roundabout to A4040Birmingham | 20,995 | 18 |
| 11 | At A4040Birmingham | 14,893 | 7 |
| 12 | A4040 to A4029Birmingham | 16,005 | 56 |
| 13 | A4029 to A4540Birmingham | 21,864 | 46 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A441 as the first road, placed on the nearest section by their recorded position; rates (per 100 million vehicle miles) are shown for sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more.
A441 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.7% of the vehicle miles on the A441. HGVs account for 2.6%, rising to 4.0% on A4023.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.7% |
| 2001 | 2.8% |
| 2002 | 3.2% |
| 2003 | 3.6% |
| 2004 | 3.7% |
| 2005 | 3.6% |
| 2006 | 3.4% |
| 2007 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 3.2% |
| 2009 | 2.8% |
| 2010 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.8% |
| 2013 | 2.7% |
| 2014 | 2.7% |
| 2015 | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.6% |
| 2019 | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 3.2% |
| 2021 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 3.2% |
| 2023 | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 2.8% |
| 2025 | 2.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A441 traffic trend
Traffic on the A441 came to 127 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 0.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 1.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 15.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 145m |
| 2001 | 141m |
| 2002 | 141m |
| 2003 | 142m |
| 2004 | 142m |
| 2005 | 140m |
| 2006 | 140m |
| 2007 | 139m |
| 2008 | 135m |
| 2009 | 134m |
| 2010 | 130m |
| 2011 | 136m |
| 2012 | 129m |
| 2013 | 125m |
| 2014 | 127m |
| 2015 | 129m |
| 2016 | 127m |
| 2017 | 129m |
| 2018 | 128m |
| 2019 | 130m |
| 2020 | 100m |
| 2021 | 111m |
| 2022 | 121m |
| 2023 | 124m |
| 2024 | 124m |
| 2025 | 127m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 18,241 |
| 2001 | 17,687 |
| 2002 | 18,026 |
| 2003 | 18,230 |
| 2004 | 18,229 |
| 2005 | 17,859 |
| 2006 | 17,958 |
| 2007 | 17,845 |
| 2008 | 18,489 |
| 2009 | 18,282 |
| 2010 | 17,733 |
| 2011 | 17,535 |
| 2012 | 16,643 |
| 2013 | 16,107 |
| 2014 | 16,409 |
| 2015 | 16,619 |
| 2016 | 16,418 |
| 2017 | 16,692 |
| 2018 | 16,365 |
| 2019 | 16,384 |
| 2020 | 12,463 |
| 2021 | 13,762 |
| 2022 | 15,060 |
| 2023 | 15,395 |
| 2024 | 15,456 |
| 2025 | 15,767 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
The chart counts the whole road as it was each year, so new or renumbered stretches move it. The percentage changes compare only count points present in both years (69.5% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 2 of the 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A441 collisions
Police recorded 236 collisions with the A441 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 58 of them fatal or serious, including 7 fatal. That is 39.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 6.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | 9 |
| 2022 | 36 | 15 |
| 2023 | 39 | 10 |
| 2024 | 35 | 12 |
| 2025 | 31 | 12 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Sections with the highest collision rates
Per 100 million vehicle miles, 2021 to 2025. Sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more collisions.
| Section | Per 100m vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| A4040 to A4029 Birmingham · 56 collisions | 99.1 |
| A4029 to A4540 Birmingham · 46 collisions | 91.1 |
| Wharf Road roundabout to A4040 Birmingham · 18 collisions | 83.0 |
| Council boundary to Wharf Road roundabout Birmingham · 24 collisions | 56.1 |
| B4090 Salt Way to Dagtail Lane, Redditch Worcestershire · 10 collisions | 44.7 |
| A448 to Bromsgrove Highway Worcestershire · 14 collisions | 26.4 |
| Count point 92243 Worcestershire · 22 collisions | 26.2 |
| A4023 Worcestershire · 18 collisions | 15.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 51 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A441 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A441
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Worcestershire
- Birmingham
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic counts and vehicle mix | Road traffic statistics (AADF by count point) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2000 to 2025 | 16 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 236 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
- Annual average daily flow (AADF) is the average number of vehicles passing a point on a typical day of the year, both directions combined.
- Vehicle miles are AADF multiplied by link length and 365, summed over every count point link on the road.
- Sections join count point links between junctions, using the link lines in DfT’s major road database.
- STATS19 covers personal injury collisions reported to the police. Damage-only collisions are not included, and not every injury collision is reported.
- Serious and slight figures are DfT’s adjusted estimates, which allow for police forces moving to injury-based reporting.
- Counts of one or two collisions below Great Britain level are shown as “fewer than 3”.
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